Kate Hudson's Skeleton

Kate Hudson is in negotiations to star in the latest thriller from RING writer Ehren Kruger. While plot details are being kept under wraps, it is known that the film will follow a caretaker for an elderly couple spooked by mysterious things in their New Orleans home. Iain Softley (K-PAX) will direct the film this fall for Universal Pictures. Hudson has the Warner Bros romance ALEX & EMMA with Luke Wilson and the Fox Searchlight comedy LE DIVORCE with Naomi Watts coming this summer. Kruger is also in negotiations with DreamWorks on a follow-up to his surprise hit RING and has BROTHERS GRIMM, with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger, set up at MGM.